Researchers are testing whether transferring healthy oral bacteria from donors can rebalance the oral microbiome and provide a breakthrough treatment for chronic oral malodor.
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How Community-Based Dental Residencies Are Expanding Access to Care
Federal investments in community-based dental residency programs are creating a new generation of dentists prepared to serve rural,…
The Esther Wilkins Lifetime Achievement Award Honors Icon in Dental Hygiene…
Educator, mentor, scholar, and innovator, Cynthia C. Gadbury-Amyot, RDH, MS, EdD, FADHA, transformed dental hygiene education and…
Why Routine Patient Shielding May No Longer Be Necessary
Advances in digital imaging, rectangular collimation, and modern radiation science are challenging decades-old shielding practices.
Rice University Students Harness AI to Transform the Front Desk
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Alaska Is not Providing Adequate Oral Healthcare to Incarcerated People
After myriad complaints from individuals incarcerated at Alaska’s Goose Creek Correctional Center about inadequate dental care, the state ombudsman, Kate Burkhart, decided to investigate. Complaints ranged from delaying treatment of an…
Y-Brush Launches The World’s First Sonic Toothbrush With 10-sec Simultaneous Brushing Technology And…
February 20th, 2024. Y-Brush, a leading innovator in dental hygiene, announces the launch of its latest groundbreaking product: the DuoBrush. This innovation represents a significant advancement in the world of oral care, offering all…
Grant Funds Address the Oral Health of Patients With Disabilities
CareQuest Institute for Oral Health has allocated $1.25 million in funding to 10 organizations to address systemic barriers to oral health for people with disabilities. The recipients are the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry…
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Preventive Oral Healthcare in Kids Pays off for Working Parents
Proactive oral health care may be the best hedge against poor school performance, short paychecks, and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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Kathy Lituri, RDH, MPH, began her dental hygiene career in a pediatric office and has spent much of her professional life reaching out to children and their families who struggle to access dental care.
Using Saliva Analysis for Periodontal Disease Detection
Analyzing saliva can aid in the development of simple diagnostic tests for periodontal diseases, offering advantages in noninvasive collection and cost-effective, large-scale screening.
Western North Dakota Sets Plan in Motion to Increase the Number of Dental Professionals in the Area
The Dakota College Downtown in Minot, North Dakota, is set to launch dental assisting and dental hygiene programs, transforming former Trinity Health offices into modern classrooms and cutting-edge dental stations. Collaborating with Minot…
Kentucky Dentist Runs Mobile Practice to Care for the Underserved
Kwane Watson, DMD, who graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, became starkly aware of the lack of dental providers in Kentucky serving disadvantaged populations when he served as the state dental director for…
Milwaukee’s Dental and Medical Schools Collaborate to Tackle TMD
Milwaukee’s Marquette University School of Dentistry and the Medical College of Wisconsin are collaborating to bring medicine and dentistry together on the issue of temporomandibular disorder (TMD), which causes pain and dysfunction in the…
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